Entry 11 - Lawrence Kohlberg

Lawrence Kohlbergs' levels and stages of moral development.

 Influenced by Piaget . Levels = numbers, stages = letters. 3 LEVELS, 6 STAGES!!

1. Preconventional: Not yet developed moral reasoning
A. Punishment- No moral reasoning Avoidance of unpleasant consequence just Behaviouristic response.
B. Hedonism - surrender to pleasure, her own personal pleasure. Do what we do to get what we desire.
 
2. Conventional: Moral reasoning has developed
A. "Nice girl/nice boy" - Is about social approval.
B. Law and Order - Law is the law
 
3. Postconventional: Moved beyond
A. Social contract - Unstated rules we live by. Mechanism for solidarity. Give respect, get respect.
B. Universal ethical - Only great moral figures such as Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, etc.

At which stage do you see yourself?

I think this is a bit of a loaded question. It is difficult to think about oneself  and try to decide which category we should place ourselves. I could see myself in several of these stages and be dealing with more than one at one a time, but if I had to chose I guess I would have to say that I am "3A." As a person gets older common sense tends to play a keen role in this model, although these days common sense doesn't always seems fitting to its' name. You have to go through each step and master it before you can move on. I know I may not be wise in years, but I am definitely wise in experience. The notes that I took down to describe this stage is what first caught my eye, and the more I think into it, the more befitting it becomes. 

Entry 10 - Heinz Dilemma

FEB 2 EDPY

Heinz dilemma

Heinz's wife is dying. One special drug, discovered by a local druggist, might save her, but the druggist is selling it at an exorbitant price. So Heinz, after failing to borrow the money he needs, pleads with the druggist to all the drug cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist refuses. Should Heinz steal the drug for his wife? Why or why not? 

 My Opinion

Yes he should steal the drug. He tried to reason with the druggist but he was stubborn and refused. He would be saving his wife's life, what is more precious in this world then life? It's not as though the druggist will have any real consequence to having the drug stolen other than a loss of profit. If Heinz is is caught for stealing the drug, what's the worse thing that would happen...a small about of jail time, but his wife lives. That seems a lot better to me than having a significant other die because there is a lack of money.

Entry 9 - Erick Erickson's Stages of Human Development

JAN 31 EDPY

1. What is your current main priority in life? BLOG also where do you see yourself in the stage below.

Eric Erickson's stages of human development.
Like Piaget in ages and stages theory. Difference - piagets framework only goes to adulthood
Erickson has a lifespan approach. Grow and develop until the time we are born til the day we die. Each stage is marked by a particular developmental task. Every stag is a new opportunity for us to continue to grow and the successful completion of each development task is necessary for our continues healthy growth . Piaget is cognitive. ( narrow) - Erickson's concern and more rich and broad. - psychosocial theorist! personality. Developing throughout the course of their life. social emotional theorist. People also think of Erickson a a humanist psychologist..not just cognition, the whole richness of the the whole human being can grow to be. Help p to become all they can be. Very influenced by psychoanalysis. - we all posses an unconsciousness. Behavior is driven by unconscious. We cannot always know why. If an infant doesn't develop past the oral stage the persons association with pleasure remains with the mouth - this is explains why some people are compulsive (smokers, eaters, drinkings- to do with the mouth) issues not resolved do NOT go away. Connection between analysis and Erickson -

1. Trust vs mistrust
2. Autonomy vs shame and doubt
3. Initiative vs guilt
4. Industry vs inferiority *Puberty (Elementary years)
5. Identify vs identify confusion
6. Intimacy vs isolation
7. Generactivity vs self-absorption
8. Integrity vs despair

1. Birth - 1. Infant needs Warmth love to be taken care of
2. Def of autonomy (a sense of independence). 1-2.
3. 3-5. Can I take care of myself, brush my teeth, make the bed.
4. 6-puberty (elementary school years) never be as intently passionate about learning as in these years
5. 10-20 adolescent...who am I, where do I fit in. Listen to different music, looks, etc. trying out different identities / paths. Figures put who they are, where they're going who they want to be
6. Early adulthood. 20-30. On our own, investing previous stages into new relationships
7. 40-50. No longer satisfied being about ourself, want to contribute to the community. A broad contribution the community.
8. Late adulthood 60+. Look back on our life, relationships we have had, feel proud of the life we've lived ?? 

My Thoughts

 1. What is your current main priority in life? BLOG also where do you see yourself in the stage below. 

-- My current main priority in life is school, to work hard and succeed! I am 22 years old and truly feel as though I am in the perfect place in life. Everything has been a bit hectic for me these last few weeks, as is life throwing curve-balls to keep us on our toes. I am glad to have the people I do in my life and it is great to finally have reconnected with all of my family. It's been years since speaking with several members. I am ready to be challenged and make something of myself. What school and community doesn't need a hard-working, motivated teacher who is sharing her knowledge and life skills with their children? Especially one whose life-long dream has been to do so! I am working towards landing my dream job so all my time and effort will be placed within my schooling =) 

I see myself in the 6th stage - Intimacy vs. Isolation. I know who I am and what I want in life. I have known for a very long and have had a plan on how to get there almost my whole life. I am a strong-willed individual, with a very caring, compassionate heart. I have a lot to give to the world, although I feel like it hasn't blessed me with much until the recent year. A good head on a set of strong shoulders seems like a rare commodity these days. I plan to do as much with it as I can, and becoming a respected, passionate elementary school teacher seems like a perfect way to get started!

Entry 8 - Video - Digital Nation

January 24 EDPY

Video - digital nation.
Growing up online, immersed in technology. Living in the virtual world a large percentage of the time. Having a digital life. Distracted, have to think about one thing at a time. Technology is like oxygen. Short attention span...get bored?

Some questions to frame your viewing and reflection.
1. How have your own life and learning been shaped by digital technology?
2. How can we as teachers and parents help prepare the next generation for digital nation?

ANSWERS

1. My own life is greatly influenced by a cornucopia of different technologies. I feel that today's generation is heavily dependent on technology and most of us probably could not function them. I know many people (including myself) whose cell phones are basically glued to their hands, and whose lives are more virtual than reality these days. Facebook makes procrastinators of us all, and most recently the "draw something" game. I count on my Ipad and my laptop to do almost all of my schoolwork, including taking notes in lecture. It has also changed the way I learn by the technologies into the classroom. There is a computer in almost every classroom and here in the college they are accompanied by huge projectors and screens. A substitute used the over-head projector the other day and I exclaimed "I think that's the first time I've seen that used!" Sometimes the advances seem more like disadvantages. For example, VHS vs. DVD. I don't hardly ever watch movies at home but when I do I am definitely a VHS fan. Sure the picture isn't as clear, or the graphics aren't as good...but when was the last time a tape didn't work because of a little scratch?! That's what I thought! =)

2. Everyday the world is changing, as are the technologies that run it. I know of young children that can operate a computer better than my Dad.  He calls the internet "the world wide web!" I do not think that we, as teachers and parents, have to do much to prepare our next generations for a digital nation. It seems to be happening all around us without much guide. I do believe that the youngsters need to be supervised while "surfing the net" and the time spent online needs to be controlled. People need to get out and live their lives for real, and not from behind a computer screen. 

Enrty 7 - Bronfenbrenner

January 20 EDPY


Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory - Framework for thinking about the contexts of kids lives. Individual in the center- focus of the concern. 1st- Microsystems- most intimate. 2nd- mesosystem 3rd- exosystem. 4- macro system. 5- chronosystem.

1.Microsystems- Immediately involved, directly participate. Reciprocally participate. We are in it and everything we do and say has an impact. DEFINITION- The system in which we are directly involved. Ex) school, peers, neighborhood play area, church group, family, health services...(social services)

2.Mesosystem- Intermediate/between. The system that connects different systems. what happens in one Microsystems has an impact on another- they are all connected. A connecting system..the funny system.

3. Exosystem- (external- on the outside) cannot be directly influenced by the microsystem. E cannot have a direct impact of this. Ex) Neighbors, legal services, social welfare services, mass media, friends of family.

Top three are social systems, next point is intellectual.

4.Macro system Attitudes and ideologies of the culture.

5. Chronosystem- Sociohistorical conditions of ones life course. - All the feature as of our life or functions that are there because of where we are in life. Our generation is known as millenniums. Ex) our generation doesn't remember a time without Internet.

Entry 6 -Lev Vygotsky

January 19 EDPY

Lev Vygotsky
- concerned with social....right here right now.

Assumptions
1. Developmental trajectory - what you learn today is built on what you learn previously and that all provides a foundation for what you will learn tomorrow. Learning is all connected.
2.Cognitive skills (thinking) are structured by language. **central** language is symbolic medium which we process things.
3. Importance of social relationships and culture. Used in social interaction. Crucial for learning - teacher knows more than student. Coach know more than the athlete. *mentoring* Learning is situated and collaborative. Learning takes place.in certain situations.

**Zone of proximal development** (ZPD)
Is where you are in terms of what we can do with a little bit a help. Give taks beyond them.

Scaffolding..(construction)
What we do as teachers to help a student reach a goal that is a bit beyond their reach. Set targets that require growth and provide the help that is needed. Support the student.


I feel Vygotsky takes learning to a new level, although I think Piaget is more suited to my style. 

Entry # 5 - Piaget

January 17,2012

Today we started discussing the educational theorist Jean Piaget. His theory includes three cognitive processes. The first of which is the SCHEMA. A schema is a framework of sorts for organizing what we know. A representation in the mind of a set of perceptions, ideas, and/or actions which go together. A cognitive structure that contains pre-existing ideas of the world with information that agrees with what we already know is known as ASSIMILATION. When information does not agree with what we know, or rather it contradicts it, this is known as ACCOMMODATION. You cannot have one without the other. Piaget's stages are and structured and in predictable sequences. 

Jean Piaget (Ages & Stages Theorist) Cognitive Development

Cognitive Process:  involves changes in thinking, intelligence, and language.

1. Schema - a framework for organizing what we know

Processes to adapt and use the schema:

1. Assimilation - new information agrees with what we already now. When individuals incorporate new knowledge into existing knowledge. ( Add information about the environment)

2. Accommodation - new information doesn't match what we know (contradicts it.) This occurs when adjusting to new information. 

Four stages (structured and predictable sequences)

1. Sensorimotor - birth - 2. Infants don't think the way we think, they feel and move their way around the world through uses of sense and the ability to move. understand the world by coordinating sensory (seeing/hearing) with motor (reaching/touching). knows self from objects *object permance* understands objects and events still exist even when they cannot be heard, touched, seen.

2. Pre-Operational - 2-7. symbolic and intuitive. first starts to developing thinking. egocentrism - inability to distinguish between own perspective and someone else's. realizes she is an "I" but not separate from others. NO CONSERVATION. 

3. Concrete Operational - 7-11.operational thinking. it is logical and reasonable not abstract. **CONSERVATION - knows different containers contain same amount of substance.Classifying - group objects on basis of common feature. Seriation - can arrange from shortest stick to longest. Transituity - A.B.C sticks. If A>B and B>C then A>C
4. Formal operational - 11-15+. Logical and reasonable thinking/ abstract reasoning. Does not need any sticks or marbles. *Hypothetical deductive reasoning*  - if I do this what will happen? complex problem solving. Adolescent  egocentrism - having your own ideas. 

Issues and concerns

1. Kids may develop at different rates. The stages are not quite so neat and tidy.
2. There is a firewall, you cant go to bed in stage and wake up in another just because of age.
3. Training and cultural experiences can have an impact on the child development. Environment has an impact. 

Blogging Activity

Please imagine an example of each of the stages in action.

Sensorimotor - an infant will grab a rattle and shake it to hear a noise. 

Pre-Operational - make-believe play

Concrete - pouring water from a tall, slender glass and knowing that the substance will equally fill the the shorter, wider glass

Formal - solving a mathematics problem with thoughts alone.